Bicycle, tricycle, &amp;c.



No. 637,37l. Patented Nov. 2|, |899.

. F. COOPER.

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(Application led Sept. 23, 1897.1

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BICYCLE, TRICYCLE, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,371, dated November21, 1899. i

i Application filed September 23, 189'?. Serial No. 652,699. (No model.)

170 tZZ whom iv' may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK COOPER, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain and Ireland, and a resident of Handsworth, in the county ofStaord, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in orRelating to Bicycles, Tricycles, Safeties, and other Velocipedes, alsoApplicable to Autocars and the Like, (for which I have obtained a patentin Great Britain and Ireland, No. 10,454, dated May 15, 1896,) of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide better accommodation than hashitherto been provided for carrying the pump or in flater of a bicycle,tricycle, or other velocipede or autocar fitted with pneu-matic tires orother pneumatic fittings.

Heretofore in the case of a safety-bicycle a pump has merely beenstrapped to the top horizontal tubular bar and under the vibrations ormovement of the machine has tended to get twisted out of osition and tointerfere with the comfort of t erider, and, moreover, by rubbing andrattling against the said bar to remove the enamel or other finish. Bymy invention the pump is held perfectly secure, is readily fixed andremoved, and all scratching of the enamel avoided.

In accordance with my invention and as applied, say, to a cycle withdiamond frame I form (by preference) in the under side of the horizontalmember 0r top stay of the frame (by which the intiater is usuallycarried) a longitudinal groove or recess of a length and diametercorresponding to the length and diameter of the inater. Into this groove0r recess the inflater ts and with a strap, clip, or other suitabledevice passed around the tube is held securely in such groove and inline with the tube and cannot get twisted out of position, and by solying inside the groove is to a certain extent hidden from View.

A modication of my invention consists in making the aforesaid horizontaltop stay of the frame with its under side cut away to an extent whichwill allow the inater to be put bodily into the tube and in such way becompletely obscured from View.

In order that my said invention may be more readily understood andcarried into practical eifect, I have hereunto annexed a sheet ofdrawings and will now proceed to describe the same with the letters ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a general perspective view of the top part of a gentlemanssafety-bicycle with my improvements applied thereto and showing a pumpor infiater fixed in position. Fig. 2 is a transverse section,' on alarger scale, on line a b. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are transverse sections ofmodifications. Fig. 6 shows detail showing the reinforcement. Figs. 7and 8 show the length of tubing in which the recess 0r opening is formedwith the pump removed. Figs. 9 and l0 illustrate modifications,

In accordance with my invention I employ a tube A, in which I form bypressing, rolling, stamping, or by other suitable operation an indent,recess, or housing B slightly greater in length than the pump orintlater C to be tted therein and of a depth which permits the saidinfiater to be entirely embedded. The indent is such as tofleave theends A of the tube in their original form and suited for connection tothe sockets or caps of the cycle-frame, and thus I make the tube in aform which lends itself to the alteration of existing machines and doesnot entail any new appliances or tools for its application to newmachines. The indent is (by preference) arranged to come beneath thetube when the latteris fixed, so that when the pump is placed therein it(the pump) to all intents and purposes is hidden from view and entirelyprotected from rain, rizo.

To retain the pump in its housing, I may employ any suitableeform offastening, such as a ring of india-rubber D and a hooked metal part E oran elastic or other sleeve placed on the tube before fixing; but Iprefer to hold the pump in position by spring-clips F, encircling thetube and formed with rolled or curved extremities or fitted with smallrollersY G, which separate when the pump is being pushed into theindent, but come toward each other again as soon as the pump is fullyhome and by their elasticity hold the pump securely in its housing.These clips F may be Xed on the inside of the indent, if desired, andmay be of channel form. To

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locate and ix the spring-clip, corresponding indents may be made in thetube and clip at H or the clip may be otherwise iixed.

The extremities of the housing may be graduated; but I prefer to makethem rectangular, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, which increases the lengthof the tubular ends A and enables me to more effectually retain the pumpin the recess and to employa stud I on one end and a spring cap orsocket J on the other end, as shown in Fig. l0, between which the pumpcan be readily carried by the end thrust of the spring-cap. The stud Icarries a rubber ring and ts into a central hole K in the pump end, andthe nose of the pumppiston tits into the spring-socket J, lined withcork. In lieu of the stud I a socket similar to .I may be substitutedand fitting over the pump end. This same method ot mounting the pump maybe applied to the ordinary pumps by arms or abutments fixed to theexterior of the tube.

Instead of fixing the pump externally, as aforesaid, I may form anopening L inthe tube sufliciently large to admit of the pump beingplaced bodily in the tube, as shown in Figs. 5 and 9, Fig. 5 being atransverse section of Fig. 9 on a larger scale, with a sleeve or shell Lto slip over the opening and complete the tube-section.

In all the modifications the tube may be formed with small longitudinalflutes or indentations M either upon the indented part of the tube, asshown in Fig. 2, or upon the plain or upper part of the tube, as shownin Fig. 4; but their presence is not absolutely necessary and is onlydesirable in tubes of very thin section. Y

The indent or housing may be lined with cork, felt, or other materialfor protecting the tube from disfigurement by the pump and forcushioning any rattling or vibrations, if any, between tube and pump.

As a further adaptation of my invention I may employ a double form oftube or two separate tubes arranged side by side. Similarly I may formthe housing or recess as a special fitting to existing machines and inthe form of a trough-like holder applied to the exterior of the tube A.

The improved tubing may be in any other part of a velocipede and in suchconnection be 'adapted for ladies cycles, autocars, or other vehicleswhich require to carry the pump in like manner.

To give additional strength to the tube, I may provide an inner tube A2,(see Fig. 6,) and While indenting the outer tube also indent and so tixthe inner tube, or I may provide the ends of the tube only with an outersleeve (shown in dotted lines) and cause it (the sleeve) to partlyextend into theinden ted part of the tube and so become ixed by theindenting.

iVhile I prefer to form the indent in atube, it will be obvious that therecess may be formedin a solid bar or rod adapted for use as part of acycle-frame and ot suitable size.

Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention, I declare that what I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

Abicycle havingapump-seat formed laterally in one of its frame members,a projection carried at one end adapted to engage a recess in the baseof the pump, a pin extending through the Wall of the member at theopposite end, said pin having a head at one end and carrying a clip atthe other end for engaging the piston end, and a spring encircling thepin between said clip and the Wall of the frame member through which thepin passes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afiixed my signature in thepresence of two Wit nesses.

FREDERICK COOPER. XVitnesses:

ERNEST HARKER, FRANK H. SOUTHAM.

